I'm using Stellarium 0.11.4 (64 bit)on a win7 Pro, i7 w 8GB RAM. I notices what doesn't look right: at ~5'55"" SE of Tau Ceti (starting from RA/Dec (J2000) 1 hr44m25.25'/-15 deg 53'12.4" to 1hr44m9.5'/-15deg50'46.0") there appears to be an arc of roughly 36 stars in a very perfect arc. I suspect this may be a processing artifact, as I cannot recall ever seeing nor hearing about this.
Otherwise, a brilliant work- thank you!
Peter Kordas (Sydney, Australia)
Log.txt:
2012-12-20T20:46:47
Windows 7
Compiled using MinGW GCC 4.6.1
Qt runtime version: 4.8.2
Qt compilation version: 4.8.2
Addressing mode: 64-bit
Total memory: 8139 MB (unreliable)
Total virtual memory: 8388607 MB (unreliable)
Physical memory in use: 33%
Processor speed: 2195 MHz
Processor name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
Processor speed: 2195 MHz
Processor name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
Processor speed: 2195 MHz
Processor name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
Processor speed: 2195 MHz
Processor name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
Processor speed: 2195 MHz
Processor name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
Processor speed: 2195 MHz
Processor name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
Processor speed: 2195 MHz
Processor name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
Processor speed: 2195 MHz
Processor name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
C:\Program Files\Stellarium\stellarium.exe
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[ This is Stellarium 0.11.4 - http://www.stellarium.org ]
[ Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Fabien Chereau et al ]
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Writing log file to: "C:/Users/Peter/AppData/Roaming/Stellarium/log.txt"
File search paths:
0 . "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium"
1 . "."
Config file is: "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/config.ini"
OpenGL supported version: "4.1.10600 Compatibility Profile Context"
Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL2"
QGLShader::link: "Vertex shader(s) linked, fragment shader(s) linked.
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QGLShader::link: "Vertex shader(s) linked, fragment shader(s) linked.
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Cache directory is: "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Local\stellarium\stellarium\cache"
Sky language is "en"
Application language is "en"
Loading Solar System data ...
Loaded 69 / 69 planet orbits from "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/data/ssystem.ini"
Loading star data ...
"Loading "./stars/default/stars_0_0v0_1.cat": 0_0v0_1; 5013"
"Loading "./stars/default/stars_1_0v0_1.cat": 1_0v0_1; 21999"
"Loading "./stars/default/stars_2_0v0_1.cat": 2_0v0_1; 151416"
"Loading "./stars/default/stars_3_1v0_0.cat": 3_1v0_0; 434064"
"Loading "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/stars/default/stars_4_1v0_0.cat": 4_1v0_0; 1725497"
"Loading "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/stars/default/stars_5_2v0_0.cat": 5_2v0_0; 7669011"
"Loading "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/stars/default/stars_6_2v0_0.cat": 6_2v0_0; 26615233"
"Loading "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/stars/default/stars_7_2v0_0.cat": 7_2v0_0; 57826266"
"Loading "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/stars/default/stars_8_2v0_0.cat": 8_2v0_0; 116923084"
Finished loading star catalogue data, max_geodesic_level: 8
navigation/preset_sky_time is a double - treating as jday: 2.45151e+06
Loaded 10051 NGC records
Loading NGC name data ...
Loaded 223 / 223 NGC name records successfully
Loading star names from "./skycultures/western/star_names.fab"
Loaded 230 / 230 common star names
Loading star names from "./stars/default/name.fab"
Loaded 3215 / 4359 scientific star names
Loaded 88 / 88 constellation records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 85 / 85 constellation art records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 89 / 89 constellation names
Loading constellation boundary data ...
Loaded 782 constellation boundary segments
Creating GUI ...
Loaded plugin "AngleMeasure" .
AngleMeasure plugin - press control-A to toggle angle measure mode
Loaded plugin "CompassMarks" .
CompassMarks plugin - press control-C to toggle compass marks
Loaded plugin "Exoplanets" .
Exoplanets::getJsonFileVersion() version from file: 1
Exoplanets::init using catalog.json file: "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/modules/Exoplanets/exoplanets.json"
Loaded plugin "Oculars" .
Ocular plugin - press Command-O to toggle eyepiece view mode. Press ALT-o for configuration.
Oculars::validateIniFile ocular.ini exists at: "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/modules/Oculars/ocular.ini" . Checking version...
Oculars::validateIniFile found existing ini file version 2
Loaded plugin "Pulsars" .
Pulsars::getJsonFileVersion() version from file: 2
Pulsars::init using pulsars.json file: "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/modules/Pulsars/pulsars.json"
Loaded plugin "Quasars" .
Quasars::getJsonFileVersion() version from file: 1
Quasars::init using catalog.json file: "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/modules/Quasars/quasars.json"
Loaded plugin "Satellites" .
Satellites::getJsonFileVersion() version from file: "0.7.2"
Satellites::init using satellite.json file: "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json"
Loaded plugin "SolarSystemEditor" .
Using the ssystem.ini file that already exists in the user directory...
Loaded plugin "Supernovae" .
Supernovae::getJsonFileVersion() version from file: 1
Supernovae::init using supernovae.json file: "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/modules/Supernovae/supernovae.json"
Loaded plugin "TimeZoneConfiguration" .
QGLShader::link: "Vertex shader(s) linked, fragment shader(s) linked.
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QGLShader::link: "Vertex shader(s) linked, fragment shader(s) linked.
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QGLShader::link: "Vertex shader(s) linked, fragment shader(s) linked.
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Exoplanets: starting update...
Satellites: starting update...
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "OPS 8180 (RADCAT)" "06212" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "INTELSAT 602 (IS-602)" "20315" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "INSAT-2B" "22724" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "EXPRESS 1" "23319" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "COSMOS 2319" "23653" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "AMOS-5I" "23723" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "INTELSAT 24 (IS-24)" "23865" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "TELECOM 2D" "24209" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "APSTAR 2R (TELSTAR 10)" "25010" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "COSMOS 2397" "27775" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites: could not update orbital elements for "SPEKTR-R" "37755" : no entry found in the source TLE lists.
Satellites::saveTleMap() writing to: "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json"
Satellites: updated 743 / 755 satellites. Update URLs contained 861 objects. There were 11 satellies missing from the update URLs
QGLShader::link: "Vertex shader(s) linked, fragment shader(s) linked.
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BTW, to see it, you do need to zoom in a bit. FOV < ~0.5 degrees, but very obvious at FOV 0.2 degs